Logan's Run (1976) - IMDb IMDb There was an error trying to load your rating for this title. Some parts of this page won't work property. Please reload or try later. X Beta I'm Watching This! Keep track of everything you watch; tell your friends. Error An idyllic sci-fi future has one major drawback: life must end at the age of 30. Director: From $2.99 (SD) on Amazon Video ON DISC a list of 49 titles created 21 Feb 2013 a list of 47 titles created 27 May 2013 a list of 27 titles created 02 Jul 2013 a list of 47 titles created 08 Sep 2014 a list of 45 titles created 07 Sep 2015 Search for " Logan's Run " on Amazon.com Connect with IMDb Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? Use the HTML below. You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 7 wins & 2 nominations.

See more awards » Photos In the world ravaged by the greenhouse effect and overpopulation, an NYPD detective investigates the murder of a big company CEO. Director: Richard Fleischer Army doctor Robert Neville struggles to create a cure for the plague that wiped out most of the human race. Director: Boris Sagal In a futuristic society where reaching the age of 30 is a death sentence, a rebellious law enforcement agent goes on the run in search of Sanctuary. Stars: Gregory Harrison, Heather Menzies-Urich, Donald Moffat In a future where all flora is extinct on Earth, an astronaut is given orders to destroy the last of Earth's botany, kept in a greenhouse aboard a spacecraft. Director: Douglas Trumbull In a corporate-controlled future, an ultra-violent sport known as Rollerball represents the world, and one of its powerful athletes is out to defy those who want him out of the game. Director: Norman Jewison A group of scientists investigate a deadly new alien virus before it can spread. Director: Robert Wise A starship crew goes to investigate the silence of a planet's colony only to find two survivors and a deadly secret that one of them has. Director: Fred M.

Wilcox A man's vision for a utopian society is disillusioned when travelling forward into time reveals a dark and dangerous society. Director: George Pal A robot malfunction creates havoc and terror for unsuspecting vacationers at a futuristic, adult-themed amusement park. Director: Michael Crichton Upon uncovering the dirty secret of futuristic theme-park Futureworld, an ex employee is killed after he tips-off 2 other reporters who decide to do an undercover investigation. Director: Richard T. Heffron In the distant future, a police marshal stationed at a remote mining colony on the Jupiter moon of Io uncovers a drug-smuggling conspiracy, and gets no help from the populace when he later finds himself marked for murder. Director: Peter Hyams Set in the 25th century, the story centers around a man and a woman who rebel against their rigidly controlled society. Director: George Lucas Edit Storyline It's 2274 and on the surface, it all seems to be an idyllic society. Living in a city within an enclosed dome, there is little or no work for humans to perform and inhabitants are free to pursue all of the pleasures of life.

There is one catch however: your life is limited and when you reach 30, it is terminated in a quasi-religious ceremony known as Carousel. Some, known as runners, do try to escape their fate when the time comes and it's the job of Sandmen to track them down and kill them. Logan is such a man and with several years before his own termination date, thinks nothing of the job he does. Soon after meeting a young woman, Jessica-6, he is ordered to become a runner himself and infiltrate a community outside the dome known as Sanctuary and to destroy it. Pursued by his friend Francis, also a Sandman, Logan and Jessica find their way to the outside. There they discover a beautiful, virtually uninhabited world. Logan realizes that he must return to the dome to tell them what ... Written by garykmcd Richard Maibaum penned a screenplay for producer George Pal in 1968. See more » Goofs During the scenes in the city, Logan 5's hair is longer compared to his hair after he escapes and plans to re-enter the city. See more » Quotes [first lines] Logan : [tapping on a glass window of maternity room] Wake up.

Francis 7 : Logan, you are here. I couldn't believe it when they told me. What are you doing? Logan : [indicates baby] Logan 6. Well it's not everyday that they authorize a new sandman. I tell you Francis, [indicating baby] Francis 7 : Well maybe, maybe not. What does it matter? Anyway, he isn't yours anymore. Logan : [continues tapping lightly on the glass] Francis 7 : All right, you want me to wake him? [bangs loudly on the glass with his baton] [...] Audience Reviews for Logan's Run ½ In the future, what'll we do with senior citizens, the bothersome old crones, this sci-fi jumble posits. And what exactly is the definition of senior, eh? Let's not quibble about this: when do the old farts start to be a bother? While not high art, there is still some fun to be had in this schlocky Flash Gordon-like actioner, if it's only watching Jenny Agutter run around braless for an hour and a half. Kevin M.

Williams Super Reviewer Ever since Star Trek first arrived on our screens, it's been almost fashionable to dismiss science fiction as little more than enjoyable pantomime hogwash. Whatever interesting ideas the series tried to raise, more often than not the ideas would take a back seat to silly fighting, hammy acting and increasingly bizarre costumes. Coming a year before Star Wars rewrote the sci-fi rulebook, Logan's Run is a kindred spirit to the original Star Trek: campy, silly and utterly escapist, yet still passingly entertaining. One of the initial disappointments of Logan's Run is how little of the original novel survives in the screenplay. The novel, written by William F. Nolan and George Clayton Johnson, used the counter-culture and youth movements of the mid-1960s as a platform for a story about eugenics and social engineering, predicting a society where the power of youth was so great that ageing beyond 21 was forbidden. But in the screenplay for Logan's Run, written by Straw Dogs scribe David Zelag Goodman, this fascinating premise is compressed into an old-fashioned action-adventure story, with most of the political undercurrents being taken out.

Logan's Run still has an interesting premise in spite of this - people can only live to 30 before they are elaborately executed - but in both its execution and its place within the sci-fi canon, it is much more old-fashioned than its source material. The film is directed by Michael Anderson, who had reached his peak in the 1950s with The Dambusters and the Oscar-winning Around the World in Eighty Days. He approaches Logan's Run in the same way as his classic work: as a star vehicle with a lot of locations and fun-packed action, and not much room for the darker, more political aspects of science fiction. Logan's Run contains many references to other sci-fi works, some classic, some contemporary. The idea of a totalitarian society in which people live only for pleasure can be traced back to Brave New World, Aldous Huxley's extraordinary novel which predicted (amongst other things) anti-depressants, test tube babies, and interactive media with the 'feelies', where you could see, hear and touch what was happening on screen.

The Carrousel scenes are like more elaborate versions of the funeral from Soylent Green, while the general camp tone nods towards Planet of the Apes and its sequels. In light of Anderson's track record, the film to which Logan's Run most closely aspires is The Time Machine, directed by The War of the Worlds producer George Pal. The whole of Logan's Run is comparable to the final act of The Time Machine, in which a docile, hedonistic and ignorant society are held captive by evil forces - respectively morlocks and time itself. But in its overly frequent use of model shots and strange collection of weapons, Logan's Run is much less George Pal than Gerry Anderson. The wide shots of the domed city are closely reminiscent of Thunderbirds or Stingray, while the costumes are akin to Anderson's contemporary venture, Space: 1999. Logan's Run is clearly a product of its time, particularly where sets and costumes are concerned. While the men get to wear full-length uniforms or jumpsuits, the women are paraded around in a series of dresses and skirts which leave absolutely nothing to the imagination.

When we first meet Jenny Agutter, she doesn't appear to be wearing any underwear - something which is confirmed on no less than two separate occasions. Despite having a budget of $9m (around the same as Star Wars), the film looks like it was made on the cheap and in a hurry. Whole sections of the domed city look like the inside of a shopping mall (which it is), with seemingly little time being spent on set-dressing. For most of its running time, Logan's Run is a very silly film. We quickly forget that Logan 5 is infiltrating the runners with the intention of finding and destroying Sanctuary - we forget, in other words, that he is a government puppet whose lifeclock has been artificially accelerated. After Logan initially defeats Francis, the plot descends into a series of set-pieces in increasingly elaborate sets until Peter Ustinov turns up to help us get a grip. The tone of these set-pieces is generally light-hearted, with our heroes surviving seemingly implausible scenarios while managing to maintain their perfect hair and make-up. But in the midst of this frivolity there are little pockets of creepiness, such as their encounter with Box.

He trundles into shot like a bargain basement Dalek and starts spouting off about plankton and sea greens, all of which seems completely harmless. But then he leads Logan and Jessica to a corridor of runners frozen in ice: Box implies that they are now being used for food, pulls out two guns and laughs wickedly. While still silly at heart, it's as though we had accidentally wandered into Soylent Green. The silly, campy tone of Logan's Run is consolidated by the acting. Michael York manages to keep his dignity for the most part: his unique voice gives him an air of authority while keeping his more sensitive moments believable. Jenny Agutter makes the very best of a duff role: she spends a lot of her opening scenes wandering around open-mouthed in next to nothing, but she eventually gets into her stride. But aside from the leads the acting is very wooden, and while no-one comes close to the 'quality' of Charlton Heston or William Shatner, it's difficult not to snigger at how straight-laced everything is. The film lacks the knowing deftness of Flash Gordon, with only a small fraction of the cast being in on the joke.

But in spite of its copious flaws, Logan's Run eventually emerges as a passingly enjoyable slice of science fiction. The irony is that once we have given up trying to take it seriously, the film begins to get off the ground and say the things that it really wants to say. The later sections of the film, while still a little ridiculous, make up for the loose, baggy opening act and do raise a couple of interesting issues around the central theme. A big part of this transition is down to Peter Ustinov. Gene Siskel, who once called this the worst film he'd ever seen, wrote that Ustinov's cameo was unduly extended because he was the only decent thing in the whole film. While few would share Siskel's view, his performance is by far and away the best, and his character is the most interesting. He plays a seemingly senile old man who is found by Logan and Jessica wandering around the ruined House of Representatives. The film never states exactly why he is still alive; perhaps, like J. F. Sebastian in Blade Runner, he was too old to leave the old ways behind. Like Richard Burton, Peter Ustinov has immense screen presence.

He is able to take the most ridiculous or stupid line, and deliver it in such a way that it gains great weight or feels deeply important. He might be rambling on about cats having three different names, but his mannerisms feel more developed than the other characters, and his dithering manner works as a means of reaction to Logan and Jessica, who have no concept of age or decay. In its later sections, Logan's Run also takes on a Biblical quality, with undertones emerging in the attitude and development of the characters. Logan and Jessica's escape from the domed city is akin to the banishment of Adam and Eve from the Garden of Eden - although, in line with the conspiracy element of the film, Eden is too good to be true in the first place. The ending of the film is also rooted in the Old Testament, with Ustinov emerging like a nervous Moses, ready (unexpectedly) to lead his people out of Egypt. The film is also prophetic in predicting the increased social role for cosmetic surgery.

In an age where breast implants, tummy tucks and facelifts have become both cheap and fashionable, it isn't too far-fetched to believe that, in the near-future, you could change your entire appearance through just a few quick flicks of a laser. The fight between Logan and the doctor (played by Michael Anderson Jr.) is one of the better action scenes, taking the laser sequence in Goldfinger to its natural conclusion. There is much about Logan's Run which would be good cause to dismiss it. Its production values have dated badly, the ideas are compromised by a generic adventure story, and both its plot and execution are preposterous. But it just about manages to pass muster in the end, being consistently entertaining and getting a grip on things in the final act. It succeeds where so many of the Star Trek movies failed, and while it never reaches the heights of Flash Gordon, it passes the time rather nicely. Daniel Mumby Super Reviewer I love this sci-fi movie, mostly because I'm a big fan of York's, but it's also one of the best strange psychedelic sci-fi 70s movies because the story is very clear, and very good. I highly recommend seeing this movie before they remake it.

Aj V ‎Logan's Run (1976) directed by Michael Anderson • Reviews, film + cast • Letterboxd 14 As the wife is caught up in a TV mini-series, once again I have the theatre to myself tonight, and once again I get to participate in Steve’s Sci-Fi June project . Tonight’s watch was supposed to be The Adjustment Bureau; however I’ve already seen it, didn’t particularly like it, and there were must tastier morsels of Sci-Fi schlock down the road in the middle of the month. Since this wife-watching-miniseries undoubtedly won’t last that long, I felt it a wise move to harvest the corny gems now while the sun shines, and try to put a few of the more serious of Steve’s selections on the agenda for us to watch together. Thus brings us to the 1976 Sci-Fi actioner… 4 Another seventies cult classic that has dated really badly. From the models and the unconvincing special effects to the futuristic (for the seventies) idea of a dystopian society this at the time was science fiction gold.

Loosely based on William F Nolan and George Clayton Johnson's novel of the same name this story takes place in the 23rd century in a domed city where the population is controlled by an age limit. To avoid over-population everyone once they reach the age of thirty is killed. A computer controlled society that lives a hedonistic lifestyle,the citizens are brainwashed to believe that they will be "Renewed" in a shameful ritual "the Carrousel". A crystal embedded into everyone's palm changes colour as the… November 2016: Scavenger Hunt #20 TASK #4: A film watched by Jimmy Carter at the White House! Let’s just get this out of the way first: yes, this film is horribly dated by today’s standards visually speaking. So much so that it’s actually hard to believe this managed to win an Oscar for Best Visual Effects. Then again, Star Wars didn’t come out yet and I’m sure the visuals must have looked impressive for its time. All that being said, even with poorly aged visuals and effects, Logan’s Run is an awesome sci-fi film.

Michael York does a solid job as the titular Logan (Logan 5 to be specific), making him a likable protagonist that you root for, and the… Review by Oliver Paa ★★★ A bit dated and bizarre for current minds but still fun if one can see past the issues. The core story aspect is still, and will always be, terrific. I just wish they would have taken more care in building a good movie around it. A lot feels underdeveloped and rushed. If you are the type that questions everything you will probably not have the greatest of times. You have to embrace what you are served. +The overall story and message is still hot +some nice designs +I LOVE the female lead. She's sexy as hell +special kudos for her clothes +Michael York is great +after the opening act this never gets boring +Peter Ustinov, great as always -structures and… Review by MRT0AST ★★★½ Mostly remembered for being a campy, pre-Star Wars sci-fi adventure, with one of those dumb, dystopian premises that have become particularly annoying in recent years ("What if we killed people over 30?" "Well, what if we divided people based on their personalities?" et cetera).

And true, parts of the movie have dated a lot, including the Oscar-winning special effects and some of Jerry Goldsmith's score (which is mostly good, but there are a lot of farty synth sounds thrown in that threaten to make the film cheesier than it already is). Still, and this might be the bland aftertaste of Soylent Green lingering from just a few days ago, but I thought this was a lot of fun. Peter Ustinov… "Box" - the robot from Logan's Run [Spoilers?] : sciencefiction by asphysixtynine I've recently re-discovered the joys of the 1976 sci-fi classic "Logan's Run". It's got pretty much everything I look for in a film; over the top dialogue, dystopian themes, implied loose societal attitudes on sexuality and the guy who played Basil in "Austin Powers". I can get to grips with the story well enough, and a lot of what seems confusing or complicated mainly pertains to the strange futuristic rituals portrayed in the movie. The basic set-up: humans are born into a Brave New World-esque future dome.

On the palm of their hand is a crystal signifying their age, the crystal turns black when you hit the age of 30, after which you're publicly executed during "carousel". Logan 5 (our titular hero) is a special type of cop known as a Sandman, Sandmen are tasked with hunting down and euthanising people who try to escape their inevitable death at the age of 30: "runners". Logan 5 is given a special assignment to discover a sanctuary for wayward runners, and his own palm-crystal-thing goes off prematurely, initiating his "run". He makes some discoveries along the way and we're left with a pretty satisfying resolution. I get it. I understand what's going on. Everything, that is, except Box. Logan's Run (TV Series 1977–1978) - IMDb IMDb There was an error trying to load your rating for this title. Some parts of this page won't work property. Please reload or try later. X Beta I'm Watching This! Keep track of everything you watch; tell your friends.

Error In a futuristic society where reaching the age of 30 is a death sentence, a rebellious law enforcement agent goes on the run in search of Sanctuary. Stars: David Eakins, a scientist time travels 200 years into the future, where he encounters Logan, Jessica and Rem, where he plans to change history and prevent the nuclear war. Can Logan, Jessica and Rem ... 8.5 In the 23rd Century, survivors of a nuclear war live within a domed city, sealed off from the outside world, where citizens are allowed to live only until thirty years old. Logan, a Sandman, an elite... 8.0 Logan is shot with a dart containing a serum which erases his memory, Francis takes Logan back to the domed city, where Logan is to be terminated on Carousel for his actions. Where Jessica and Rem ...

7.8 a list of 33 titles created 13 May 2012 a list of 49 titles created 21 Feb 2013 a list of 25 titles created 14 Jul 2013 a list of 45 titles created 16 Apr 2015 a list of 44 titles created 5 months ago Search for " Logan's Run " on Amazon.com Connect with IMDb Title: Logan's Run (1977–1978) 7.3/10 Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? Use the HTML below. You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. An idyllic sci-fi future has one major drawback: life must end at the age of 30. Director: Michael Anderson The crew of Moonbase Alpha must struggle to survive when a massive explosion throws the Moon from orbit into deep space. Stars: Martin Landau, Barbara Bain, Nick Tate A 20th century astronaut emerges out of 500 years of suspended animation into a future time to become Earth's greatest hero.

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Stars: Lee Majors, Richard Anderson, Martin E. Brooks After the destruction of the Twelve Colonies of Mankind, the last major fighter carrier leads a makeshift fugitive fleet on a desperate search for the legendary planet Earth. Stars: Lorne Greene, Richard Hatch, Dirk Benedict Complex, involved science-fiction series about a special force of interdimensional operatives whose task is to protect the universe from evil forces trying to gain a foothold by disrupting ... See full summary » Stars: David McCallum, Joanna Lumley, David Collings A 20th century astronaut emerges out of 500 years of suspended animation into a future time where Earth is threatened by alien invaders. Director: Daniel Haller Edit Storyline This television series portrays a futuristic society where citizens are only allowed to live until age 30. Logan is a Sandman (police assassin) who is 26 years old; he decides to try to escape to freedom and a mythical place called 'Sanctuary.' He is pursued by his former friend, another Sandman, who attempts to terminate him.

Written by Tad Dibbern <DIBBERN_D@a1.mscf.upenn.edu> 16 September 1977 (USA) See more » Also Known As: Fuga das Estrelas See more » Filming Locations: Did You Know? Trivia There are several differences between the series and the original film. In the City of Domes, there are no life clocks on the City-dwellers' palms, Francis has companions who seek Logan outside, the Sandman weapons are adjustable with a stun setting, the city is run not by a computer but a council of elders, they refer to the city as the "City of Domes," and there are many more people outside for Logan and Jessica to interact with. The City-dwellers also seem far more worldly and able to adapt to being outside than their cinematic counterparts. See more » Connections (Australia) – See all my reviews Logan's Run is one of my favorite shows from the mid 70's. If I recall,it competed with Buck Rogers, The Hulk & Battlestar Galactica in the great 70's era of Charlies Angels, CHiPS, MASH, Happy Days, Dallas etc.

Obviously Universal won out over MGM TV with their series tho I always thought the MGM science fiction from the 50's - 60 - 70's was different, ideological & more enjoyable than the more mainstream format of other scifi TV series of this era, tho obviously MGM, in decline at this time, didn't have the same budgets to work with as Universal, Fox or Paramount. This series was great, starring Gregory Harrison & the concepts original & engaging, even now for me. The sets, costumes (other than the Sandmen's kit) & sfx are hammy, even camp, when it comes to the female kit & protagonists Logan & Jessica encounter, with glitter fabrics right out of a gay mardigras; probably from bolts of material left in the store house from the old MGM musicals era.The decaying MGM backlot is used to excellent effect in Logan's Run. There's something about TV series from the 60's 70's that apart from the nostalgia element has a aura all its own; is a similar feel with 'The Invaders from the mid 60's, another show I love. Also, I recon Data from ST ripped off Rem 3 of 3 people found this review helpful.

Was this review helpful to you? Yes Logan's Run (1976) - Run Logan Run! Logan's Run (1976) - Run Logan Run! Updated on September 30, 2016 Capricorn 15's. Born 2244. Enter the Carousel. This is the time of renewal. The year is 2274 and everyone lives a beautifully ordered sterile life in huge geodesic domes until the age of 30 when they are “renewed” (i.e. killed). Based on the novel Logan's Run (1967) by William F. Nolan and George Clayton Johnson, Logan's Run describes a society in which people are required to commit ritual suicide at the age of 30 (21 in the original novel), or are gunned down by 'Sandmen' who maintain peace and order. This has resulted in an inexperienced society of the perpetually young, in which no one questions the social order and those that do are terminated without thought. It has become a totalitarian regime which is presided over by a decrepit artificial intelligence.

Logan’s Run (1976) was directed by Michael Anderson and follows the progress of Logan 5 (Michael York), a renegade Sandman and his girlfriend Jessica 6 (Jenny Agutter) as they flee the city in search of the mythic Sanctuary within which they will be saved from their ritual termination. They are pursued by Sandman Francis 7 (Richard Jordan) Logan’s former friend and now arch enemy. However, once outside the domed city they find the crumbling remains of Washington DC, complete with rundown old monuments and moss covered walkways. They come across an old man (Peter Ustinov), who embodies the living proof that society does not have to dispose of its members at the age of thirty. It transpires that the technique was originally a method of population control, but has taken on a religious meaning. Logan heads back to the city and after being caught and interrogated confuses the Al to the extent that it self destructs. The people flee the city as it explodes around them. Jessica 6: A friend of mine went on carousel. Now he's gone. Logan 5: Yes, well, I'm sure he was renewed. Jessica 6: He was killed.

Logan 5: Killed? Why do you use that word? Jessica 6: Isn't that what you do? Kill? Logan 5: I've never killed anyone in my life. Sandman terminate runners. The special effects and modelwork of the domed city are interesting, but the cityscape represents a rather naively realized future, which, far from looking like the ambiguous Utopia it purports to portray, actually resembles a vast theme park. There is effective use of matte art depicting Washington D.C.’s crumbling architecture. The film won an Oscar for it’s visual effects and was nominated for art direction and cinematography. Jerry Goldsmith composed the excellent score for Logan’s Run. The film wasn’t a huge hit on release but successful enough to spawn a short-lived television series. William F. Nolan wrote two sequels, Logan's World and Logan's Search, published after the film's release. A remake of Logan’s Run with Ryan Gosling starring as Logan is set to start filming in the near future.

(At the climax of Logan’s Run there is a shot of a man with his hand up in the Vulcan salute, it looks like Star Trek will still be popular even in the 23rd century) The critics wrote - “A rewarding, futuristic film that appeals both as spectacular-looking escapist adventure as well as intelligent drama” (Variety) "The special effects are impressive: too impressive, perhaps, for the players, who - possibly to keep up the appearance of an advanced society - are persuaded to act very woodenly indeed... There is plenty of fantasy adventure, and just to show that violence hasn't been quite forgotten the finale indulges in the usual explosions and crashing masonry." (Dilys Powell) "A nitwit sci-fi saga... The movie, silly but affable, has some rather short-sighted social notions, and its portrait of an oppressive future society looks no more menacing than the California beach culture run riot. Everyone is bland and pretty, decked out in outfits that look like togas designed by Frederick's of Hollywood.

The special effects are rather more elaborate, but not necessarily more convincing." (Time) "Logan's Run" is a vast, silly extravaganza that delivers a certain amount of fun, once it stops taking itself seriously. That happens about an hour into the film, but even the first half isn't bad if you're a fan (as I am) of special effects and cities of the future and ray guns and monorails whizzing overhead. The movie was made on a very large budget - the figure $9 million has been whispered about Hollywood - and it looks it." (Roger Ebert) More by this Author A visual tour of the eighth Star Trek movie with facts, reviews, posters and photos. 14 George Lucas 1977 sci-fi classic with facts, quotes, posters and packed with rare photos. 19 Logans Run (1976) DVDRip (SiRiUs sHaRe) Torrent Downloads - download free torrents!

Video : 591 MB, 699 Kbps, 29.970 fps, 720*304 (Unknown), DIV3 = DivX v3 ;-) MPEG-4 (Low-Motion), Audio : 108 MB, 128 Kbps, 48000 Hz, 2 channels, 0x55 = MPEG Layer-3, VBR, ........................................................................................................................................ 1976\'s \"Logan\'s Run\" is an all-time science fiction classic, and one of my personal favorite films ever since I first saw it on TV as a kid. I\'ve always been fascinated by the storyline, and although the film\'s Oscar-winning visual effects have long since been surpassed, they\'re still quite colorful to look at (including the groundbreaking use of holography).

There\'s fine performances all around, such as the perfectly-cast Michael York as Logan, the very lovely Jenny Agutter as Jessica (she & York have terrific chemistry together), as well as the delightful Peter Ustinov as Old Man (who Logan & Jessica discover living alone with his cats outside the city), Richard Jordan as Logan\'s best friend Francis, and there\'s even an enjoyable appearance from Farrah Fawcett (Majors) in her sexy, 70\'s prime, as an attractive assistant working in a facelift shop called New You. And director Michael Anderson steers the film quite nicely from beginning to end. Some have criticized \"Logan\'s Run\" as being too long, saying that the film bogs down in the middle when Logan & Jessica get outside the city and meet the Old Man. I say hogwash---I\'ve always enjoyed this part of the film, featuring Ustinov\'s charming turn as the Old Man. Besides, it\'s an important part of the story, as Logan & Jessica fall in love with one another, and learn through meeting the Old Man that there IS, in fact, life after 30.

Without this segment of the film, \"Logan\'s Run\" would be pointless. It\'s there for a reason, and I like it just as much as the rest of the film. Upon it\'s release in 1976, \"Logan\'s Run\" was arguably the \"hippest\" sci-fi film ever made up to that point. Then, of course, the original \"Star Wars\" was released the following year, which pretty much knocked \"Logan\'s Run\" off the sci-fi pedestal. But no matter---the film remains an enduring classic of it\'s genre, with a big following to this day. Over 25 years later, \"Logan\'s Run\" is still a ton of futuristic fun. :-) ........................................................................................................................................ I must admit that I should be ashamed as a sci-fi fan: I hadn\'t seen this film until recently, and I wanted to better understand the parody from \"Free Enterprise\". But I enjoyed the film.

Watching this film against the more recent glut of sci-fi films, I have to say that they made them a little more original back in the 70\'s-80\'s, instead of everything being techno-computer-CG-spaceship fights. A grim look at the downside of maintaining an \"ideal\", utopian society. When you hit 30, you either have the option of willingly submitting yourself to be killed under a pretense of renewal, or having the Sandmen play with you before they go in for the kill. Neither option seems really appealing. But the idea of one of the killers having to face their mortality is an interesting idea. A little slow in places (but I did keep wanting to see what would happen next), and some of the special effects look really dated (even to \'77\'s \"Star Wars\"), but the story holds up well, and it\'s an entertaining ride overall. It\'s truly a classic of the genre, and I wish I had seen it sooner. ........................................................................................................................................ Logan\'s Run is a polarizing film: you either like it or hate it, there isn\'t much in between.

It also tends to be loved more by the people who saw it in the 70\'s and early 80\'s. It features an interesting dystopian society and plenty of action, plus top notch special effects (for pre-ILM 1976). Spoilers- Logan\'s Run is based on the novel by William F. Nolan and George Clayton Johnson. The movie departs from the novel in several aspects, the main ones being a lifespan of 30, instead of 21; and a domed city, rather than the entire country as a playground. In the movie, after overpopulation brings on a cataclysmic war, society is restructured so that life ends at 30, and the citizens must go on Carousel to try to renew. However, some people don\'t like these options and go on the run. Sandmen are charged with hunting down these misfits. Logan is a Sandman who is ordered to track down these runners and destroy Sanctuary, the final goal of the runners. The controlling computer alters the lifeclock embedded in his palm and advances it three years, to Logan\'s Lastday.

Logan encounters Jessica, a young woman with knowledge of the route to Sanctuary. Together, they go on the run to find Sanctuary, while Logan\'s partner, Francis, hunts for them. Logan and Jessica find a whole world outside the dome of the city and encounter an eccentric old man. They return to the city to reveal what they have seen and tear down the system. Michael York and Jenny Agutter are excellent in the lead roles of Logan and Jessica. Robert Jordan and Peter Ustinov make for a fine supporting cast. All are classically trained actors who bring a lot to the film. Farrah Fawcett appears in a small role and is little more than window dressing. The effects were state-of-the-art, for 1976. ILM would bring a revolution in effects work the following year; but, for the time and the budget, Logan\'s effects were quite good. Some of the model shots are obvious and the Sandman\'s gun takes some getting used to, but it works. The costumes are pure \"Disco\", which puts them on par with other films of the era. Even Star Wars didn\'t totally escape this problem.

The Sandman uniforms look fairly menacing and the citizens\' clothes do fit in with the hedonistic society. The story is a byproduct of 60\'s and early 70\'s concerns (the novel was published in 1967); overpopulation and a large youth culture who felt marginalized. The story is more cerebral, in keeping with other sci-fi films of the era (like Silent Running and the Planet of the Apes films), but does have a healthy dose of action. The main flaws of the movie occur when Logan and Jessica discover the world outside the domed city. It\'s never quite as interesting as the city, and the discovery of Washington, DC is swiped from Planet of the Apes. Although Peter Ustinov adds some color and humor to the film, these scenes tend to slow things down too much. When Francis re-enters, things pick back up; but the time in between seems too long. I\'ve always loved the film, although it\'s not perfect. I don\'t consider it to be the \"greatest\" sci-fi film of the 70\'s, it is one of the better ones.

Consider the major sci-fi films of the 70\'s: Soylent Green, Omega Man, Escape from/Conquest of/Battle for the Planet of the Apes, Dark Star, Silent Running, Logan\'s Run, Star Wars, Close Encounters, Outland, Alien, Star Trek TMP, Battlestar Galactica, Buck Rogers, Superman. The best films came in near the end of the decade of the 70\'s. Logan\'s Run is kind of a dividing line between old sci-fi films and the more modern. Sure, Soylent Green and Escape from the POTA are considered classics (by some) but they are still mainly cult films. Logan\'s Run is closer to being a blockbuster than those early films (with the possible exception of Escape). It shares the more plot and character-driven elements of those earlier films, with the action and special effects of the later films. It\'s not a perfect synthesis, but it was a step in that direction. In some ways, sci-fi has regressed; too many films now are glorified action pieces, with futuristic trappings; but, little in the way of deep thought or forward-thinking ideas.

Logan\'s Run is an excellent film that still, mostly, holds up well. It is a blend of thoughtful ideas and action, in an interesting setting. The performances are good and most of the effects serve their purpose well. It does slow down in the later half, but it has a good ending. Definitely a must or any student of sci-fi cinema. ........................................................................................................................................ * The costuming was originally intended to be relatively scanty for all the actors in the film, but it was decided the resulting demands on makeup were prohibitive. * The first choices for the roles of Logan and Jessica were Jon Voight and Lindsay Wagner. The role of Peter Ustinov\'s character, the Old Man, was offered to James Cagney. * The character of Francis was originally to be played by William Devane, but he pulled out of the film. * According to Michael Anderson, the old man\'s buttons are United States pennies. He made makeshift buttons out of them because he couldn\'t find any real buttons. * An extra makes the Vulcan salute from \"Star Trek\" (1966) when waving to the old man after everyone escapes the exploding city.

* The shots of the pistons that controlled the elevator leading to the scene in the ice cave were taken directly from director Michael Anderson\'s previous film, The Wreck of the Mary Deare (1959) * The life clocks on everyone\'s hands all start out clear (at birth), turn yellow at age 8, green at 16, and red at 23. Everyone wears clothes the same color as their life clocks (except Sandmen, who wear black uniforms). As Lastday - age 30 - approaches, the life clocks flash red and black, then, at 30 turn totally black. * During the encounter between the old man and the runners Logan and Jessica, the old man often quotes poems out of \"Old Possum\'s Book of Practical Cats\" by T.S. Eliot. * The waterfalls and steps that Logan jumps into to get back into the dome are real. This is the \"active pool\" of the Water Gardens located in Ft. Worth, Texas. The active pool has been closed since June 2004, when four people drowned there, near the spot where Logan and Jessica dove in. * Michael York, Richard Jordan and Michael Anderson Jr.

were all over 30 when they made the film. * This was originally going to be produced by George Pal, but by this time, Pal had already left the studio. * Though the model of the dome city\'s interior lacks sufficient detail to give it any sense of realism, it was nonetheless constructed on a fairly large scale in order to accommodate the rail system for the miniature maze cars. Many of the buildings in the foreground of the model were three to four feet in height. The buildings were built at differing scales based on their distance from the camera, to give the model landscape a greater sense of depth (a common photographic/special effects technique known as \"forced perspective\"). * At least two full-sized maze cars were built for the film, powered by electric golf cart motors. * The stairs which Logan and Jessica climb down to escape from the \"Love Shop\" actually led to the catwalk above one of the MGM sound stages. * The \"Love Shop\" sequence originally ran much longer, but had to be cut down under pressure from the MGM censors.

Other cut scenes include Box making a nude ice sculpture of Logan and Jessica, and several characters visiting the \"Hallucimill\" shop in Arcade (the latter was cut for its depiction of drug use). All of the additional footage and its background music score were subsequently lost in what is now known as \"the great MGM purge\", when studio owner Kirk Kerkorian sold off what he could of the studio\'s extensive archives and simply threw out the rest. * The pool from which Logan and Jessica emerge when they re-enter the city is the famous \"Esther Williams\" tank at MGM. * The \"Carousel\" sequence is one of the most complex flying wire stunts ever done for a motion picture. A circular rig was constructed above the set, designed to rotate in sync with the revolving floor plate below. Initially, the performers were all supported by a single winch driving the mechanism for their thin support cables. Unfortunately this resulted in the cables becoming tangled during rehearsal; each stuntman had to be untangled and brought down from the rig in a maintenance lift.

The rig then had to be redesigned so that each stuntman was on their own separate winch, with all of the winches connected to a \"panic\" switch that cut the power in the event of an emergency. For reversal shots, the white crystal on the arena ceiling was built on the floor of the stage, and the performers were lowered down towards it. These shots were then filmed upside-down so as to make it appear that the performers were moving upward. * The sandmen\'s laser guns worked using tiny butane gas cartridges, and were difficult to make work reliably on set as the gas did not always ignite when the trigger was pulled. * When the Old Man is showing Logan some of the portraits that used to hang on the walls of the capital, one of them was originally to have been of President Richard Nixon; \"They used to call him tricky... something\". According to director Michael Anderson, the gag was considered too controversial at the time and was dropped. * The ice cave sequence was actually filmed in the middle of the summer in Los Angeles. The people frozen in the ice were not mannequins, but extras who were spray painted white. The extras all had to stand perfectly still for several minutes at a time for each take.

* Roscoe Lee Browne both voiced and performed Box the robot on-set. The unwieldy costume made it impossible for Browne to right himself if he fell over. * On the day of shooting, director Michael Anderson and producer Saul David decided that Logan should look more \"casual\" for the first scene in his apartment. Costume designer Bill Thomas threw together Logan\'s black house robe in about two hours while the set was being lit. Michael York kept the robe as a souvenir after filming. * The interior shots of the main hall were filmed in the \"Great Hall\" at the Appearel Mart in Dallas Texas. * If you pay attention to Jerry Goldsmith\'s score, you\'ll find that he uses a full orchestra with no electronic instruments when the action is outside of the city. When inside the city, his orchestra consists solely of strings, piano, and electronic instruments (though the \"New Face\" segment has some metal percussion instruments that are heard). The music at the beginning of the film during the credits does add the electronic instruments with the full orchestra though. * First film to ever use Dolby Stereo.

* In the Carousel sequence at the beginning of the film, there are approximately 36 citizens (give or take a few) who are \"Renewing\". If we assume that all citizens are required to enter Carousel on their thirtieth birthdays, that all birthdays are distributed fairly evenly throughout the year, and that the number of people who \"run\" is fairly small, a bit of mathematics allows us to conclude that the city\'s population is about 400,000 people. related torrents

Question: In the 1976 sci-fi film “Logan’s Run”, at what age are people killed off to prevent over population?
Answer: 30